Personalisation resources and services

Personalisation for someone with a learning disability

Part of Personalisation

How personal budgets can benefit both the service user and their family/carers.

Personalisation - making it happen: black and minority ethnic (BME) communities

Part of Personalisation

The film examines working with black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in delivering personalisation.

Personalisation for older people: supported housing

Part of Personalisation

How personalisation can work for older people living in purpose-built supported accommodation.

People not processes: the future of personalisation and independent living

This is a report of two seminars which brought together service users, carers, social care practitioners and policy makers to discuss the future of personalisation at a time of limited resources.

Commissioning for personalisation: Dorset

Part of Personalisation

A short film about commissioning personalised services based on work in Dorset

Commissioning for personalisation: London

Part of Personalisation

Short film about commissioning services to support personalisation based on work in London

User involvement in adult safeguarding

This report is about involving people who use services in adult safeguarding. It looks at policies and practice, barriers and lessons learned from evaluating adult safeguarding processes.

Social care transformation: elected member briefing

Produced by SCIE, the Putting People First delivery team, IDeA and the LGA, this briefing provides a recap of the Putting People First concordant and outlines what this will mean for local authorities. It is a valuable guide to next steps for social care commissioners and managers

Personalisation briefing: implications for occupational therapists in social care

Part of Personalisation

This At a Glance briefing examines the implications of the personalisation agenda for occupational therapists in social care.

Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: people with physical disabilities: Doug's story

This film talks about the experiences of a gay man with a physical disability and how he feels social care should develop to provide more choice and control for the user of services.